1. What is a Cookies Policy

Τhis Policy is complementary to the Privacy Policy published on the website of our hotel. In particular, our Company under the name ‘’President Hotel Athens -GEKE S.A.’’, with headquarters in Athens [Kifisias Avenue no. 43, 11523, with VAT number: 094033829, telephone number: 2106989000 and e-mail address: president@president.gr], (hereinafter referred to as ‘’the Company’’ or ‘’the Hotel’’ or ‘’President Hotel’’), hereby provides its website users/visitors with information about the use of Cookies (online tracking) on this website.

In particular, we hereby inform you about the concept of Cookies, the type of Cookies we install, the type of data they collect, the purpose and the recipients to whom this data may be transferred. Moreover, through this Policy you can be informed about how you can set up or disable Cookies, depending on their type. Cookies are used on the website of our hotel, for the purpose of your navigation on the website, the use of digital services (room reservation), as well as for statistical purposes in order to highlight the areas which are useful or popular. Sometimes, in the case of an active advertising campaign, Cookies may be used to display personalized advertisements.

Upon logging in, the user indicates acceptance or non-acceptance of the use of Cookies through the corresponding window at the bottom of the page (left bottom). In this window, the user is provided with the following alternative options:

• The option ‘’Allow all Cookies’’: the user provides his/her consent for all categories of Cookies.
• The option ‘’Allow selected Cookies’’: the user provides his/her consent to the categories of Cookies selected by him/her.
• The option ‘’Use necessary cookies only’’: Selection of only necessary Cookies, the user has the possibility to reject all categories of Cookies except the absolutely necessary ones.

In addition, by selecting the option "Settings", the user has the possibility to receive the necessary information per category of Cookies. It is pointed out that by default the pre-selection of optional Cookies is disabled and is only activated with a positive action by the visitor/user.

2. What is a Cookie

Cookies are small (digital) text files that are installed through the browser of the user/visitor of the website, on his/her computer or mobile device (in the browser application and/or in the archive structure of the respective terminal device user), when he/she visits the website.

According to article 4 par. 5 of Law 3471/2006, storing or gaining access to stored information on the user's terminal equipment is only permitted if the specific user has given his/her consent after clear and extensive information. A derogation from the obligation to obtain consent, according to the above paragraph, is the case of storing and accessing information whose sole purpose is "to carry out the transmission of a communication via an electronic communications network or is necessary for the provision of an information society service, which the user or subscriber has explicitly requested". Basically, the user's consent is not required for Cookies which are considered technically necessary to connect to the website or to provide the internet service.

The use of Cookies is carried out in particular in order to make our website more functional and friendly to you. Cookies allow us to improve your online experience and the services provided to you. We install "first-party Cookies", i.e. Cookies installed by us ourselves, and "third-party Cookies", installed by others (e.g. advertising networks), through our website.

Each time you visit the website, you will be asked to accept or reject certain categories of Cookies. If you choose to continue browsing the website, you at least accept the use of Cookies, which are necessary for the functionality of the website and which cannot be deactivated.

3. What kind of Cookies we use

Our website uses the following categories of Cookies:

1. Necessary/Operational Cookies: Cookies of this category are necessary for the correct and efficient operation of the Website. They store information for the identification/retention entered by the user during a connection (session) as well as for the visitor's preferences regarding the use of optional Cookies. They are necessary for the website to function, to enable you to browse it and use its features, such as accessing its secure areas. Without them, the services provided to you cannot be provided. The consent of the visitor/user is not required for the use of mandatory Cookies.
2. Preference Cookies: These Cookies aim to provide personalized and improved functionality to you depending on certain criteria on the user's terminal (e.g. browser used, preferred language, regional settings of the service access point, etc.).

• Statistics Cookies: Statistics Cookies allow us to collect anonymous information about how you use our website (e.g. which pages of our website are visited frequently, if you receive error messages, etc.). These Cookies do not identify the user/visitor of the website, but the information they collect is aggregated and used exclusively to improve the performance of our website.

1. Marketing Cookies: Marketing Cookies are used to obtain information about your interest in our website and to provide personalized advertisements linked to your interests. We also inform you that in this context, information about how you use our website may be shared with third-party social media, advertising and analytics service providers.

In the table below, you can find out more about the Cookies we use, by category and provider, and get information about them.

Category	שֵׁם	Provider	Retention time	Purpose
Necessary/Operational Cookies	CookieConsent	president.gr	1 year	Stores the user's Cookie consent state for the current domain.
	PHPSESSID	president.gr	Session	Maintains user session state across page requests.
	resolution	president.gr	Session	Recognizes the visitor's device in use – This allows the site to adjust to the optimal resolution for that device.
Preference Cookies	GMT_bias	president.gr	1 day	Maintains the users time zone.
Statistics Cookies	_dc_gtm_UA-#	Google	1 day	Used by Google Tag Manager to control the loading of a Google Analytics script tag.
	_ga	Google	399 days	Registers a unique identifier that is used to generate statistics about how the visitor uses the website.
	_ga_#	Google	399 days	It is used by the Google Analytics service to collect data about the number of user visits to the website as well as the dates for the first and most recent visit.
	_gid	Google	1 day	Registers a unique identifier that is used to generate statistics about how the visitor uses the website.
	_gat	Google	1 day	It is used by the Google Analytics service to reduce the percentage of requests.
	collect	Google	Session	Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.
Marketing Cookies	AID	Accuweather	1 year	Tracks the rate of interaction between the user and advertising banners on the website – This serves to optimize the relevance of advertisements on the website.
	_fbp	Meta Platforms, Inc.	3 months	Used by Facebook to serve a range of advertising products, such as real-time bidding by third-party advertisers.
	_gcl_au	Google	3 months	Used by the Google AdSense service to check the effectiveness of advertising on websites that use their services.
	ads/ga-audiences	Google	Session	Used by the Google AdWords service to retarget visitors who are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour on the websites.
	pagead/1p-user-list/#	Google	Session	Tracks whether the user has shown interest in specific products or events across multiple sites and tracks how the user navigates among sites. This is used to calculate advertising efforts and facilitate the payment of referral fees of the websites.
	IDE	Google	1 year	Used by the Google DoubleClick service to record and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking on one of the advertiser's advertisements in order to measure the effectiveness of an advertisement and present targeted advertisements to the user.
	pagead/landing [x2]	Google	Session	Collects data about visitor behaviour from multiple websites in order to show more relevant advertising – This also allows the website to limit the number of times the same advertisement is displayed.
	test_cookie	Google	1 day	It is used to find out if the user's browser supports Cookies.
Unclassified Cookies	acm2	Accuweather	10 years
	aco	Accuweather	1 day
	ADCConditionsV1	Accuweather	1 day
	awx_user	Accuweather	10 years
	DeviceV2	Accuweather	1 year

4. How to accept the above use of Cookies

Upon entering the website, you will receive a message about the use of Cookies by us, in which you are invited to select the categories of Cookies that you wish to accept or inactivate. With the above selection, you explicitly provide your consent to the use of specific categories of Cookies and we keep a relevant electronic record of your choices.

5. How to inactivate Cookies

In any case, it is at your discretion to control the use of Cookies, to oppose their use and to withdraw, whenever you wish, your consent, through the above procedure. To edit the Cookies recorded during your browsing click here.

If you wish to inactivate (or re-activate) the use of Cookies as a whole for all the pages you visit, you can do so using your browser settings. For more details, please visit the following websites and learn about the necessary actions you need to take.

• Internet Explorer:

https://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835

• Mozilla Firefox:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored

• Google Chrome:

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en

• Safari:

https://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042

• Safari for iPad and iPhone:

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677

To find out more about how you can manage Cookies, please visit the website www.allaboutcookies.org.

6. User’s rights

The user has control over the processing of his/her personal data and retains his/her legal rights, as provided for in the applicable legislative framework on personal data protection (in particular the General Data Protection Regulation EU/679/2016) and in detail, in the Company's Privacy Policy

7. Amendments and Update of this Policy

The Hotel unilaterally reserves the right to update, amend or revise this Policy, without prior notification to the user, with the aim of improving its services, harmonizing it with the provisions of the applicable legislation (both national and EU legislation) regarding the protection of personal data. To this end, we kindly ask users to read this Policy regularly in order to be informed of the changes that have been made. The last updated Policy is always considered valid.

8. Useful Contact Details

For more information about what is described in the above Policy, please contact our Company at:

President Hotel Athens

‘’President Hotel Athens -GEKE S.A.’’

Address: 43 Kifisias Avenue 43, 11523, Athens, Greece

Τ: (+30) 210 6989000

F: (+30) 210 6924900

E: president@president.gr

Or you may contact the Data Protection Officer (DPO) of our Company by sending an e-mail to the following email address: dpo@president.gr.

Last update: [November 2023]